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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ownership of dwelling (US1960A_OWNERSHP)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 162
End: 162
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[PH-3]
<br /><span class="em">H12. Is the house, part of the house, or apartment in which you live:</span> (Check one) </p>
<div class="i1">[] Owned or being bought by you or someone else in your household? <br />[] Rented for cash? <br />[] Occupied without payment of cash rent?</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Owned or being bought
2 No cash rent
3 With cash rent
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household rented or owned the dwelling. Dwellings acquired with a mortgage or other lending arrangement are classified as "owned," even if repayment was not yet completed.
Universe
United States 1960: Private dwellings [discrepancies: none]

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